In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2025.2 improper access control allowed Code With Me guest to discover hidden files
- Published
- Aug 20, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 14th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-863
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Action score
26
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · JetBrains
- 6.5
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| jetbrains | intellij idea | cpe:2.3:a:jetbrains:intellij_idea |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- jetbrains intellij ideabefore 2025.2
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (JetBrains). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA
- before 2025.2affected · semver
Same product
jetbrains: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2020-11690In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2020.1, the license server could be resolved to an untrusted host in some cases.40Plan
- CVE-2019-9186In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA versions, a Spring Boot run configuration with the default setting allowed remote attackers to execute co40Plan
- CVE-2019-10104In several JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate versions, an Application Server run configuration (for Tomcat, Jetty, Resin, or CloudBees) with 40Plan
- CVE-2026-64815In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2026.2 arbitrary code injection was possible via UI Designer form files39Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA | 2025.2 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-863 · Incorrect AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.